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Liverpool are bracing themselves for a bid from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho this month - and it appears it could be imminent.

The Reds rejected three offers from the Catalan club in the summer, despite the Brazilian playmaker expressing his desire to leave Anfield for Camp Nou.

The club's hardline stance in August - which saw owners FSG release a statement telling Barca the player was not for sale - has softened, with neither Jurgen Klopp or FSG publicly stating the playmaker is going nowhere.

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Barca are expected to test the club's resolve and according to Spanish journalist Guillem Ballague, the offer will arrive and it will be a package worth over £132million - nearly £20million more than the £114million the club were offered last summer.

"Barcelona will soon make an offer of €110+40 (million)," he said. "Chairman (Josep) Bartomeu feels in debt to him for how hard he's trying to go to FCB.

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"Their top players want him. LFC have changed their tone but have not put price to him. They will act when offer arrives. Which it will."

The claims come after the Spanish media yet again place Coutinho as a likely Barca player this month. After Mundo Deportivo claimed the 25-year-old has begun house-hunting in the city, Diario Gol now say the player has already chosen his squad number and will take the no.7 shirt which will be left by the departing Arda Turan.